Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (c) 75 Years of Geological Survey Department - CTO USED (n961)

Cyprus Stamps SG 2025

75 Years of Geological Survey Department

CTO USED

Cyprus Stamps SG 2025 (c) 75 Years of Geological Survey Department.

A single stamp, available in MINT, CTO/USED conditions and on a Post Office Official FDC.
Issue Date: 9 May 2025

The Geological Survey Department was founded in 1950, as a specialized unit of the Department of Lands and Surveys aiming to contribute to the exploration and development of mineral and underground water resources. In 1955, it became an autonomous Department, in 1960, it joined the Ministry of Trade and Industry and later went under the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.

Today, the Geological Survey Department is the competent authority and the technical adviser of the State for all geological matters and its aim is to provide reliable and unbiased geological knowledge and services for the sustainable development of ground water and mineral resources as well as for the protection of the built environment from geohazards and the conservation, and promotion of areas with significant geological and mining heritage. The main challenges that the Department is facing today are the consequences of climate change and the green and digital transition, where through geological mapping, geochemical and geophysical research of the surface and subsurface, the recording of earthquakes and the study of the seismicity of Cyprus, the Department shall propose suggestions and measures to the State and Society.